Hello everyone!

This week you’re gifted with another video! I spent the first week of my Easter holidays in Berlin with some friends. Enjoy the video and the pictures! This weekend, I’m headed to Kingussie, Scotland to stay with a host family before welcoming my actual parents to London. Talk soon!

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Hey readers!

Once I was all settled in to Lancaster, my American friends who were also studying abroad started thinking about places they wanted to go. First up on our list was Scotland! We just went to Edinburgh for the weekend (Friday day to Sunday night), and it’s possible that we’ll go to Glasgow on a future day trip.

One of the best things about Edinburgh (pronounced like Eddin-burrow, but you should slur that last syllable a bit so it’s not heard) is that it was so European! When I first came to London I was disappointed that it felt so much like New York City. The stores were all chains that we had in America, except for a few little boutiques. The traffic was the same, the crazy street performers, it all felt very familiar.

I hated that! I was here for some culture, dangit, and I did get that a little bit when I came to Lancaster. Going to Edinburgh though, it was so beautiful! Everything was so rich with detail, all of the buildings and the roads, and it was done on a massive scale. I felt like I could take a picture of anything and it would be something to share with my friends at home.

We took a tips-based walking tour around the city so we could hear all the back-stories to the big touristy attractions, and I totally recommend that to anyone going to a big city.

Last tip, bring extra cold-weather gear if you’re going in the middle of winter. I felt like I wouldn’t be warm ever again by the time we got on the train back to Lancaster.

Anyway, here are a few pictures!

The Edinburgh castle is behind us:

Jo Rowling walked through Greyfriar Kirkyard looking for inspiration and names:

New School Edinburgh:

The Scott Memorial:

Looking down into New Edinburgh:

Old royal living quarters in the castle:

DFTBA!